Doctor of Science (Honoris causa) by Purdue University, USA in 2010
J.C. Bose Fellowship for the period 2007-15
Silver Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India
Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT, Kanpur,
FICCI Award in Physical Sciences,
Goyal prize in Applied Sciences,.
Fellow of INSA, IAS, NAS, INAE, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Trieste, Italy and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).